LOUDOUN COUNTY

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday night to remove a Confederate statue that has stood outside the Leesburg Courthouse for 112 years. The United Daughters of the Confederacy erected this statue in 1908. The board approved having it taken down no later than Sept. 7. People from around the county showed up for the virtual board meeting and…

Parents in Loudoun County have until July 10 to choose between full-time online learning and in-person learning two days a week for their children. News4’s Aimee Cho speaks to parents who are grappling with the decision.

Loudoun County is seeing a rise in cases among teens after a beach trip to South Carolina. Health officials warn that the viruses isn’t gone and is still spreading. News4’s Drew Wilder reports on the concerns this is bringing up for the school year.

Loudoun County’s treasurer issued an apology after making an insensitive post on Facebook following the Quaker Oats announcement to remove Aunt Jemima from their products because of the ties to “racial stereotypes.” Roger Zurn wrote “wondering if Aunt Jemima will change to Uncle Tom’s.” Friends told him to take down the post, but the damage had already been done....

Loudoun County treasurer Roger Zurn has apologized for an insensitive facebook post he wrote after Quaker Oats announced it would retire the “Aunt Jemima” name. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

Fairfax County Public Schools will make an announcement Friday about fall plans, and Loudoun County is surveying parents to get their thoughts on autumn school proposals. News4’s Scott MacFarlane reports.

A Loudoun County, Virginia, pastor whose son drowned earlier this month is demanding answers about the long delay in the emergency response. Fitz Thomas, 16, and his friends were crossing Goose Creek the evening of June 4 when he disappeared underwater. During several 911 calls received by dispatchers in Loudoun and Montgomery counties, Thomas’ friends cried and begged for help…

A Loudoun County pastor whose son drowned earlier this month is demanding answers about a big delay in the emergency response. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey has learned the victim’s family is getting some high-profile legal help.

Fitz Thomas, the son of a prominent pastor in Loudoun County, drowned in Goose Creek earlier this month. Delays in getting first responders to the scene are bringing an immediate change to the county’s emergency response policy. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

More than 30 minutes went by before rescue crews came to the scene where 16-year-old Fitz Thomas drowned. Thomas and his friends were crossing Goose Creek the evening of June 4 when he disappeared underwater. As the minutes ticked by, Thomas’ friends cried and begged for help and adults screamed during repeated calls to 911. Although the calls went to…

Loudoun County Public Schools students will be attending classes and doing school work this fall, but it’s not yet decided whether education will happen online, in classrooms or both, officials say. Superintendent Eric Williams says that Loudoun schools will be ready to educate students for the 2020-2021 year, and officials are making plans for three scenarios on how to...

The new document comes weeks after an original draft was shelved by the White House, and after all 50 states have moved forward on their own. NBC’s Alice Barr reports.

A long-term care facility in Sterling, Virginia, is implementing a new policy requiring staff to have two negative coronavirus tests before returning to work. Falcons Landing has had several employees go in and out of quarantine after testing positive multiple times. “We had three or four staff members who had cleared quarantine, back at work, who are back on quarantine…

A long-term care facility in Sterling, Virginia, is implementing a new policy requiring staff to have two negative coronavirus tests before returning to work. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

Usually this time of year you would expect crowds of people over the weekend at Virginia’s more than 300 wineries. Even with tasting rooms closed, wineries are still in business. Maggie Malick Wines Cave is one of more than 40 wineries in Loudoun County trying to reinvent their business to still sell wine. “We have 30 acres of grapes that…

With tasting rooms closed, Virginia’s many mom ‘n’ pop wineries lost a major revenue stream. But they’re still producing, and finding creative ways to stay in business. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

A 12-year-old girl who runs a charity that donates backpacks with school supplies in Loudoun County, Virginia, has been awarded a scholarship for her leadership.  Ryan Janaske works with her mother to help provide backpacks with school supplies for families in need as part of her organization, Kids Helping Kids.  She was awarded a $1,000 college scholarship and an...

A Fortune 500 company is awarding a Northern Virginia charity for outstanding work in the community. Kids Helping Kids of Loudoun County won $2,500 to support other local charities and a scholarship for the 12-year-old girl who runs the charity. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder introduces the girl who is making a big difference for families who need help.

An anonymous donor gave music therapy nonprofit A Place To Be enough money to make music therapy sessions available to any family in Loudoun County Public Schools for free. For families of children with special needs, being stuck indoors and adhering to social distancing policies can be a challenge. Tom Sweitzer, director of A Place To Be, said music therapy…